Cities of Estonia: Kuressaare

Kuressaare (www.Saaremaa.EE / KURESSAARE), the center of Saaremaa Island, originated in XIV. as a castle-fortress, and by the middle of the XVI in. Already the famous port and shopping center.

Nowadays, the city is known far beyond the country with its Episcopal castle – the only fully preserved (and largest) medieval castle in the Baltic countries. This is a square facility (42 x 42.5 m.) It was built for almost 100 years and inspires respect for its almost 40-meter 7-storey watchdog towers and powerful bastions. The castle is located Saaremaa Museum and Art Gallery.

Reviews and studies of trips

Estonia. Kuressaare

Go to the capital of the Estonian Islands of Saaremaa – the city of Kuressaare I planned a long time ago. Having learned that the aircraft fly from Tallinn on Saaremaa, I decided that it was the aircraft that the most appropriate type of transport. Read more →

avtolit | March 2014

Kuressaare (Saaremaa) – Tallinn on JetStream-31

I decided to fly from Tallinn to the island of Saaremaa and back at the 19-seater JetStream-31. Historically, flights on Saaremaa Dotational – for each flight of the island of the island pays airline 2000€ Read more →